Tonights President Biden address to the nation calling for increased support to israel and ukraine as israeli troops continue to prepare for road Ground Offensive. And former Trump Attorney sydney powell pleads guilty in georgia. What happened in court today and what it means for the case against the former president. And the stalemate in Congress Goes on. It has been over two weeks since the house had a speaker, and republicans are still scrambling to find leadership. What happens now, as the 11th hour gets underway on this thursday night. Good evening, once again, im Stephanie Ruhle live from Msnbc Headquarters at 30 rock center. We begin this evening with President Bidens very clear message to the nation about wars and both israel and ukraine. And why he believes support for both countries right now is essential. This evening, President Biden spoke from the oval office less than 24 hours after returning from tel aviv. He made the case for American Military and moral support, describ
Migrant apprehended last week, and last week, two from lebanon. The countries promote terrorism, and behind closed doors, dhs, cbp and Border Patrol officials are concerned what we see happening in israel could happen here because the border has never been more unsecure and this sector alone, more than 60 miles of unpatroled border because the majority of Border Patrol agents, 90 of the shifts have to do their processing under that bridge. One more stat to leave you with, thats this. In these first 14 days of the fiscal year, already across the entire southwest border, more than 30 iranians, nearly 60 syrians, 285 afghans, more than 100 russians, a handful from lebanon, and get this, nearly 2,000 chinese migrants, so when we hear and see the images a majority are from venezuela, but not all are from the Central American and South American countries. And thats raising a lot of interest right now and thats why the Border Officials are watching where they are coming from in the first 14 d
Good evening, we have got Breaking News tonight, gaza is under intense bombardment by israeli and strikes tonight. The Israeli Air Force was pounding targets all across gaza with punishing airstrikes ahead of a potential ground operation. With Hundreds Of Thousands of troops that are massing at the border. We know that there is at least 1500 people that have been killed in gaza according to the palestinian hope that number is rising. Since the assault on israel that killed 1200 people. I want to go right now live to cnns Elliott Gotkine who is on the same force and talking about these issues has been really staying aggressive on all of these issues. What do we know about the strikes tonight . I think it is just a continuation of israels retaliatory strikes in the wake of this attack by hamas, which began in the early hours of saturday morning. Israel has repeatedly said that it is targeting infrastructure, weapon storage facilities, and also individuals, and members that it holds respo
In the gaza strip. Israel will no doubt have some mapped out. Not all of them. Where were standing if and when this Ground Invasion comes, it will probably be worse than ones weve seen before in terms of casualties and the bitterness of fighting that we have in store. Kim . Appreciate it. Elliot in london. Thanks americas top diplomat is in jordan after spending thursday in israel, Antony Blinken is trying to prevent the conflict from spreading and hoping to secure the release of hostage, cnn Beckie Anderson has more. The war between israel and hamas kicking off a flurry of diplomatic activity across the east. U. S. Secretary of state Antony Blinken landed in tel aviv thursday to show washington solidarity with israel. The message that i bring to israel is this. You may be Strong Enough on your own to defend yourself. But as long as america exists, you will never have to. We will always be there. By your side. The Secretary Of State also tried to secure the release of hostages taken by
Announcer this is cnn breaking news. And wellcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. And we start in the middle east where americas top diplomat delivered an inperson message to the israeli people who are grieving and wounded. He said the United States will never back down from its support of israel. Secretary of state Antony Blinken is on his way to meet with other u. S. Allies in the region. Saudi arabia, egypt, uae, qatar, and jordan after standing side by side with Benjamin Netanyahu today. The secretary also met with families of americans killed and taken hostage by hamas, a group the u. S. Has labeled terrorists. The white house says at least 27 americans have been killed and at least 14 others remain missing. In its efforts to eliminate hamas which brutally attacked israel last saturday, Israel Defense forces are currently pounding gaza with air strikes today. Since hamas embeds itself within the palestinian population, this is tragically resulting in hundreds of innocent palestinian